Producer and Dealer Prices (September 17, 2001)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,100/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.60/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$8.85-10.25/lb.Copper: Comex Dec. US$0.657/lb.
News
Market slide cut short by tragedy
Denver — Bombing of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 halted trading among financial markets already battered by bad economic news. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 391.98 points (4…
Starfield boosts West zone (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — Undeterred by low copper and nickel prices, junior Starfield Resources (SRU-V) continues to extend the mineralization at the West zone on the Ferguson Lake nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM projec…
PacMin posts profit (September 17, 2001)
Vancouver — The subject of a $170-million take over target, Teck’s (TEK-T) Australian gold mining arm, PacMin Mining, tabled a net profit of A$7.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30.The compan…
Partners cut ribbon at Yatela mine
With production already in full swing at the Yatela gold mine in western Mali, all that remained to do was open the mine officially.Partners AngloGold (AU-N) and Iamgold (IMG-T) did that on Sept. 8, c…
Drilling program tests South Legris property
Vancouver — Partners Canadian Golden Dragon Resources (CGG-V) and Platinum Group Metals (PTG-V) have pulled more platinum-palladium values from the Vande intrusive complex on the South Legris propert…
Falco options South Voisey’s Bay
Donner Minerals (DML-V) and Falconbridge (FL-T) have struck a deal over the South Voisey’s Bay nickel project in Labrador.The nickel major can earn a half-interest in a 624.5-sq.-km package of claims …
Quaterra drills Union Bay
Quaterra Resources (QTA-V) has launched a drilling program to test for platinum-palladium mineralization at the Union Bay property, 45 km north of Ketchikan in southeast Alaska.The junior will test se…
Metal Prices (September 17, 2001)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateSept. 11Sept. 10Sept. 7Sept. 6Sept. 5…
LME Warehouse Levels (September 17, 2001)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Sept. 11/01 (change from Sept. 4 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium673650…
Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (September 17, 2001)
DateSept. 11Sept. 10Sept. 7Sept. 6Sept. 5HighLowTSE 3007048.80…
Markets dive after terrorist attacks
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange was hovering around the 3000-mark before trading was halted on Sept. 11, shortly after horrendous terrorist attacks in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. The CD…